Explosive addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio defused

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 6:38 am, Friday, April 12, 2013

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating an explosive device addressed to Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" known for his tough treatment of jail inmates and cracking down on illegal immigrants.

The device intercepted in Flagstaff late Thursday was in a package addressed to Arpaio at his downtown Phoenix office, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

It appeared suspicious, so it was X-rayed and the device was detected. A bomb squad team neutralized the explosive, the statement said.

Arpaio's chief deputy, Jerry Sheridan, told The Arizona Republic that investigators believe the package was picked up on Thursday at a rural Post Office box. Flagstaff is about 140 miles north of Phoenix.

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[leftynyc]

1. One of his pals sent it

to try and make anyone on the left look bad. Trying for the victim mantle before his ass gets recalled.

[eggplant]

2. This was my first thought. n/t

[freshwest]

13. +1

[24601]

21. Unfortunately, that's often the 1st thought rather than let's find out the facts. Just a few days

ago, the 1st thought was that McConnell made up the eavesdropping story. Then a prominent Dem came forward with information to the contrary.

IMO, we will be better served getting away from group-think and focus instead on fact-finding.

[jzola]

3. He pulls this stuff all the time!

He's so GREAT all those mean criminals and Hispanics are out to get him. He's always a target and a victim. He's an attention junkie so I would guess he had it planted.

[slackmaster]

6. I clicked on this thread just to see if a baseless allegation of a false-flag operation...

...had been posted yet.

leftnyc does not disappoint!

[leftynyc]

7. I know he's an attention whore

who casts blame on everyone but himself. He's a miserable excuse for a human being who is in the middle of the fight of his political life with this recall (even suing to get it stopped). I put nothing past this racist piece of shit and will continue to think he's responsible until proven wrong (and if that happens, I'll just shrug it off so if you're going to be waiting for a mea culpa, you'll only be disappointed). Republicans are no longer the opposition, they are the enemy. So spare me your deluded concern.

[slackmaster]

8. I care more about truth than about politics

[leftynyc]

9. And that applies here how?

Are you saying you're above speculation?

[kenfrequed]

18. Hmm

From the story itself.

"I cannot say it was definitely an explosive," Moore said. "It was something that had the characteristics of an explosive device."

We don't even know if it was an explosive. We don't know if it had a trigger that would have set it off it it was. We don't know the intent of whoever may have sent it.

Yeah,
I won't go so far as a stunt by that sheriff, even if he is certainly a sociopathic liar with the disposition to do so, but I am not even going going to entertain the notion that someone was trying to bomb Sheriff Racist-lying-Fascist until there is some pretty good evidence.

[Kolesar]

27. An oleogelatinous substance

Jif

[Mr. X]

20. Has happened before

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2008/10/arpaios_phony_murder_plot_cost.php

Sure sure, this time might be legit... But can't deny that he's done it in the past.

[crim son]

31. Welcome to DU!

And, nice post. My first thought was not that he did it himself, but you're right, he is clearly capable of it.

[hrmjustin]

26. You don't think he is capable of having someone mail him a bomb?

I am not saying it is true, but people do stuff like that for attention. The Sheriff is a despicable person so I do not put it past him.

[Mr. X]

32. I wouldn't

Call this guy a sheriff.

He's more of a attention whore then anything else.

Seriously - He never misses a chance to get some media time.

[hrmjustin]

33. Welcome to DU Mr. X and yes i agree with you 100%

[slackmaster]

37. I'll take the news as it is written and hold off on considering novel theories until actual evidence

...is presented. A lot of people hate Joe Arpaio.

[Pterodactyl]

5. I'm glad they stopped the bomb. I hope the culprit is caught.

[struggle4progress]

34. +

[santamargarita]

10. How many times does he think he can get away...

with this bullshit! It's all political.

[L0oniX]

11. Place a flaming bag of shit on his office door step. Ring bell and run.

[groundloop]

12. I bet by the time news of that hit the papers it would turn into a nuclear bomb

planted by brown skinned enemies of the good sheriff.

[formercia]

14. So, some Perp leaves the package in his Mailbox

Last edited Fri Apr 12, 2013, 09:56 PM - Edit history (1)

for the Mail Carrier to pick up? Must have been the Red Flag on the Mail Box......

This should be settled quickly.

[slackmaster]

22. formerica, you have used a racial slur in your subject line. That word is very insulting to poor...

...white people. I alerted on it, but the vote was 3-3 so it stayed.

One of the jurors clearly didn't understand the meaning of the word. It has nothing to do with penises. It's the equivalent of white trash, and is used by both black people and white people to put down the rural white poor. Apparently many people including Skinner were not familiar with the true meaning of the term.

https://www.google.com/search?q=peckerwood+definition

I respectfully request that you edit your post to remove the offensive word.

[CreekDog]

23. don't be offended, the term peckerwood is not making fun of someone's race

it's making fun of them for being a stupidass.

[kestrel91316]

29. So, are we no longer allowed to say "white trash", either???

Hit a nerve?

[Quantess]

30. Wow, that's rude.

"Hit a nerve?"
The implication is that it hit close to home.
Can you imagine saying that to a DUer who objected to fat-slurs?

[slackmaster]

36. It did hit a nerve. I refer people to my thread in ATA, my response to Skinner's reply.

Put-downs of poor people do indeed hit a nerve. Maybe not exactly the nerve kestrel91316 was thinking about.

Both my dad's (actually he was my stepfather) and my mom's families were poor. My dad was poor before the Great Depression. My mom was a young girl in the middle of it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12591226#post2

[slackmaster]

35. To me white trash is a Tier 2 racial slur, about as offensive as calling a black woman Aunt Jemima.

I wouldn't use either term in reference to any individual, real or hypothetical, and I'd alert on any post in which they were used; the Terms of Service are quite clear in prohibiting bigoted hate speech.

I thought it was rather ironic for someone to use ANY kind of racially-based term of derision in a thread about a man who is properly despised for his racism. I appreciate formerica removing the word.

[slackmaster]

38. Why would you use a term of derision that is specifically aimed at victims of poverty?

[alp227]

15. Ted Kaczynski is back? N/t

[Crowman1979]

16. It would have been better just to send the Sheriff a dildo with a sticky-note attached saying:

Go f*** yourself!

[frylock]

17. it's easy to diffuse them when you built them

[RZM]

24. Huh?

The bomb squad defused it. That's what they get paid for. What do they have to do with the sender?

And there's no information here on who sent it. Could be anybody.

[Orsino]

19. Hope they defused Sheriff Joe while they were at it. n/t

[Sunlei]

25. with the thousands of enemies HE has made, I'm surprised its only one 'real' threat

If it is real and not an 'explosive' jackinthe box full of glitter.

I guess because he's 80? years old everyone knows if he may have dementa and forget everything.

They will enjoy knowing, he has to wear diapers,
be catherised to pee,
chained/strapped into a wheelchair,
and be spoon fed babyfood by some lowpaid healthcare worker.

who forgets to give him a drink.

[kestrel91316]

28. Joe probably sent it to himself to garner sympathy and get his name in the news again.